More than a thousand yeshiva students affiliated with the Jerusalem faction are gathering in front of the recruiting office in Jerusalem. The demonstrators are waving banners that read, among other things, "If the status of his teachings and his art is not restored in full, we too will be deserters" Clashes with the police developed during the demonstration.
One of the rabbis attacked the ultra-Orthodox political leadership at the demonstration: "We are discussing with the government the way the Nazis discussed killings. We were sold for a few pitiful pennies" The date for the High Court hearing on the conscription law is set for June 2 - the Supreme Court said yesterday. An expanded composition of nine judges was set for the hearing: Acting Supreme Court President Uzi Fogelman, Judge Yitzhak Amit, Judge Noam Solberg, Judge Dafna Barak Ben Erez, Judge David Mintz, Judge Ofer Grosskopf, Judge A. Stein, Judge Gila Knafi Steinich.